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Hamline University Athletics

2023-24 Women's Basketball Roster

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21 Lydia Lecher

  • Height 5-10
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Concordia Academy
  • Hometown St. Paul, Minn.

Biography

Concordia Academy: Three-time all-conference selection in both softball and basketball, and one time in volleyball … named to the Dean’s List three times… member of choir, band, and National Honor Society (NHS)... 2019 Athlete of the Year... 1000 career point scorer in basketball... Registered 100 career hits in softball.

Career at Hamline
2019-20:
Named to the MIAC All-Conference Team as well as the All-First-Year Team … played in all 26 games, making 25 starts in her rookie season … averaged 12.4 points per game on the year, which ranked second-highest on the team and 16th-best in the conference … posted the team’s best shooting percentage (49.6%), which was in the top-10 in the MIAC … played an average of 25.3 minutes per game … tallied 78 rebounds, 30 steals, and 27 assists throughout the season … had 10 or more points in 15 different games … scored a season-high 24 points in an 87-85 overtime win over Saint Mary’s on Jan. 11 … shot 66.6% (10-15) in back-to-back wins against St. Catherine (Jan. 4) and Carleton (Jan. 8), compiling  20+ points in each game.

2020-21: Took the year off from the women's basketball team.

2021-22: Played in 26 games as a Sophomore making 24 starts and playing 27.1 minutes per game... Led the team in scoring with an average of 14 points per game good for ninth in the MIAC... Made 46.9% of her shots from the field and a MIAC best 48.4% of her three-point attempts, nine percentage points higher than second place... Finished third on the team pulling down 4.1 rebounds per game and recording 32 steals... Matched her career-high scoring 24 points in the MIAC semi-finals against Augsburg February 25... Put up 24 points February 9 against Carleton... Scored 20+ two more times on the season with 20 against Bethel December 1, and 22 in the MIAC quarter-finals against St. Benedict's... Grabbed her season-high 9 rebounds to go with 16 points January 15 against St. Catherine's... Named to the MIAC All-Conference team for the second time in her career... Named to the MIAC academic all-conference team.

2022-23: Started all 27 games... Finished the season with a team-leading 13.2 points per game, a .411 (46-of-11) three-point field goal percentage, a .770 (67-of-87) free throw percentage, and 6.3 rebounds per game... Second on the team with 10 blocks... Third on the team with 30 steals and 32 assists... Notched a .416 (122-of-293) field goal percentage on the season... Scored 1,000th career point in an 86-76 loss to Concordia (Minn.) (2/18)... Registered a season-high 23 points in a 78-49 win over Martin Luther (11/16)... Registered a double double 17 points and a season-high 13 rebounds in a 69-60 win over Saint Mary's (Minn.) (1/4)... Added another double double with 16 points and 11 rebounds in a 63-59 loss to Augsburg (1/7)... Registered a season-high five steals in a 77-45 win over Buena Vista (11/12)... Dished a season-best four assists in a 60-56 loss to St. Olaf (1/21)... November 21 MIAC Offensive Player of the Week... MIAC Women's Basketball All-Conference Team... MIAC Academic All-Conference.

2023-24: Started in 23-of-24 appearances... Finished the season with a team-leading 12.0 points per game, 5.9 rebounds per game, 26 steals, and 12 blocks... Accumulated a .367 (97-of-264) field goal percentage, a .304 (35-of-114) three-point field goal percentage, a .784 (58-of-74) free throw percentage, and 31 assists... Notched a season-high 22 points and 13 rebounds in a 71-47 win over Saint Mary's... Finished the season with three double doubles... Had a season-high four steals in an 84-54 loss to Loras... Tallied four assists in a 71-55 win over Concordia (Minn.)... MIAC Women's Basketball All-Conference... MIAC Women's Basketball All-Playoff Team... November 20 MIAC Women's Basketball Offensive Player of the Week... MIAC Academic All-Conference.

Also plays on the softball team at Hamline.
 
Outside athletics: Majoring in Accounting and Music … member of InterVarsity.

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Historical Player Information

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    2019-20First Year

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    5'10"
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    2021-22Sophomore

    F
    5'10"
    21
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    2022-23Junior

    F
    5'10"
    21
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    2023-24Senior

    F
    5'10"
    21